Daniel Owusu (born 13 June 1989) is a

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

ian

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who plays for

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Career

Right to Dream

Tom Vernon, Director of the

Right to Dream Academy Right to Dream is a youth association football academy system based in Ghana. It started in 1999 as a residential school and training center in Accra. It is owned by the Mansour Group. It is now a multi-club multi-academy group with branches i ...

said “In my experience in football, nobody has worked harder to earn a professional contract and nobody deserves a contract more than Daniel. With his attitude it is simply impossible to predict how far Daniel can go in the game”.

Fulham

Following a trial period at

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, Owusu signed for the club during the summer transfer window of 2007. Talking about the moment he signed his professional contract, Daniel said ''"this is what I’ve wanted since I was a small boy, this was my dream to become a professional in Europe, my family, my friends, everyone at the Academy knew this was my dream. Signing is just the beginning, I have so much I want to do, I want to work hard and make my club, the Academy and my family proud. This is just the start, I have a lot of work ahead of me and I’m ready! I want to thank everyone who has helped me and who continues to support me, especially Tom and the whole Academy."'' General Manager of the academy, Samuel Mawuena, who has known Daniel from before he joined the academy knows what this chance means to him ''"Daniel comes from a very tough background in Labadi, one of the poorest areas of Accra. The positive and negative experiences that Daniel went through during childhood, that remain with him as he has grown up, has made Daniel the person he is now and has helped to drive him forward and make him hungry for success. Daniel has made this opportunity happen for himself, he has an excellent attitude which has led him to where he is now. This first contract is a life changing opportunity for him and will have such an impact beyond just Daniel. Everybody in his family and the community will be looking up to him. Although this is a massive change for Daniel, it will help him and the people around him."''

G.B.A.

Owusu was then loaned out to

Germinal Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian association football, football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from Belgian First Division 1999–2000, 1999–2000 ...

and played in his first season eight games.

Turnhout

He was than loaned out in summer 2009 from his club Fulham to newly promoted

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club

KV Turnhout K.F.C. Turnhout is a Belgian football club, from the municipality of Turnhout. History K.F.C. Turnhout was founded as ''Turnhout Sport'' in 1912 with matricule n°148. After World War I, the club was refounded as ''F.C. Turnhout'' with the sam ...

, between 30 June 2010.

AC Oulu

His first match at

was against

FC Haka FC Haka, originally ''Valkeakosken Haka'', commonly known as Haka, is a Finnish professional football club based in the industrial town of Valkeakoski. The club was founded in 1934 and competes in Finland's premier division, the Veikkausliiga. ...

and lost 3-0 . He won Player Of The Year at

. Owusu was voted 2013 player of the season by an overwhelming landslide.

References

External links

Footgoal Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Owusu, Daniel 1989 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Right to Dream Academy players 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen